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Proserpine (from the Demogorgon and the Deities series, 1 of 7 blocks)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1594
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from a line block and two tone blocks in ochre/brown
Dimensions
Sheet: 35 x 26.6 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
Other (oval block border): 34.9 x 26.2 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)
Other (oval block border): 34.9 x 26.2 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.609
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 236, ii; Hirschmann 370; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 370; Strauss 424; TIB comm. .236; Bialler 1983, cat. no. 09; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part II), 298 (Id/Id)
Signed
Signed in light tone block, left center: HG
Marks
Watermark: two crowns [?]; verso, collector's stamp in brown ink: [W. G. Allen, L. 3590]; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 63.609; in graphite: (458) Allen; H. Goltzius/Bartsch 236
ProvenanceWilliam Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955; Lugt 3593), Boston; May 8, 1963, his bequest to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 8, 1963)